Sunday, January 22, 2017

Children's Book Review: The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, London, original 1904.
Beatrix Potter is a master of telling stories about animals, and in those stories telling stories about children. Here we have four rabbit siblings, three which obey their mother, and one who doesn't. Of course Peter enjoys many different vegetables in the garden of Mr. McGregor, but he barely avoids being put into a meat pie, and loses his shoes and jacket in the escape. Peer Rabbit was lucky, however he was sent to bed without dinner and just chamomile tea, while the others enjoyed bread and black berries. Maybe Peter has learned a lesson.

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My Thoughts on Entertainment

With so much out there in public media, it is easy to get confused. So this blog is for my reaction to what is out there. What are the trends? This blog also gives me a soap box to let people know what I like, and in a few instances what I don't like in media choices today. Also I hope to review movies and books that make a difference, movies about discrimination, civil rights and topics I find important. I hope you will note a change in the focus of this blog starting 3/1/16.

About Me

We are the Wardles. I am Billy. We are the parents of 8, one in Heaven
(stillborn,) 6 birth and 1 adopted. Four are away from home, two
daughters married and two sons in the Logan area going to school. Tony,
our adopted son is 11 years younger than our youngest birth child, so
he is greatly spoiled. I have worked for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe, Utah State Social Services, part of the time working with the Ute Tribe, Uintah Basin Counseling and Santa Clara County Mental Health for the last 21 years. Active Mormon and I follow the prophet.